S/o if you could choose any MCPS high school, which would you choose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

RMIB disagrees with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My second grader has won 3 "student of the week" awards at her ES, and always finishes her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She is definitely going to get into a MS and HS magnet.

Mine makes her own pb&j, she's definitely getting into harvard.

[Anonymous]

By "make" do you mean farms her own peanuts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

Now that the dreamer act is being weakened I suspect lots of blair's kids will be touched in the next few years. Keep bragging about the handful of smart white and Asian kids bussed in from mostly other school zones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which W HS was the one where the Principal sent out a letter/email to parents telling them to stop hosting drinking parties? So.... not that one.

It was Whitman. We are fortunate to have a truly outstanding principal who cares deeply about the kids and is outraged by the fact that parents would host a drinking party in the wake of the Wootton tragedy and other similar recent ones. I hope no one thinks their community is safe from this sort of idiot parent, and I'd love to see other principals and community leaders take a similar stand.

Maybe other Principals haven't had to send out such a notice because it isn't as pervasive in the other HS as it is in Whitman? From what I understand, it was happening a lot there.

Yes, that Principal cares. Too bad the rich and powerful parents complained when she tried to hold those kids accountable when they broke the pledge to not drink during prom. Principal seems great; parents and the kids... not so much. Only so much a Principal can parent the kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which W HS was the one where the Principal sent out a letter/email to parents telling them to stop hosting drinking parties? So.... not that one.

It was Whitman. We are fortunate to have a truly outstanding principal who cares deeply about the kids and is outraged by the fact that parents would host a drinking party in the wake of the Wootton tragedy and other similar recent ones. I hope no one thinks their community is safe from this sort of idiot parent, and I'd love to see other principals and community leaders take a similar stand.

Maybe other Principals haven't had to send out such a notice because it isn't as pervasive in the other HS as it is in Whitman? From what I understand, it was happening a lot there.

Yes, that Principal cares. Too bad the rich and powerful parents complained when she tried to hold those kids accountable when they broke the pledge to not drink during prom. Principal seems great; parents and the kids... not so much. Only so much a Principal can parent the kids.

Very naive to think it's not happening at every other high school in MCPS.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which W HS was the one where the Principal sent out a letter/email to parents telling them to stop hosting drinking parties? So.... not that one.

It was Whitman. We are fortunate to have a truly outstanding principal who cares deeply about the kids and is outraged by the fact that parents would host a drinking party in the wake of the Wootton tragedy and other similar recent ones. I hope no one thinks their community is safe from this sort of idiot parent, and I'd love to see other principals and community leaders take a similar stand.

Maybe other Principals haven't had to send out such a notice because it isn't as pervasive in the other HS as it is in Whitman? From what I understand, it was happening a lot there.

Yes, that Principal cares. Too bad the rich and powerful parents complained when she tried to hold those kids accountable when they broke the pledge to not drink during prom. Principal seems great; parents and the kids... not so much. Only so much a Principal can parent the kids.

Dr. Goodwin, the Whitman principal is a man (here's a great feature on him: http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Magazine/September-October-2016/A-Year-in-the-Life-of-a-High-School-Principal/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc ). You are probably thinking of the BCC principal, who does seem great as well.

And no, I don't think either of those principals took the steps they did because teen drinking and driving are significantly more prevalent in their Bethesda neighborhoods than elsewhere. It is a problem everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which W HS was the one where the Principal sent out a letter/email to parents telling them to stop hosting drinking parties? So.... not that one.

It was Whitman. We are fortunate to have a truly outstanding principal who cares deeply about the kids and is outraged by the fact that parents would host a drinking party in the wake of the Wootton tragedy and other similar recent ones. I hope no one thinks their community is safe from this sort of idiot parent, and I'd love to see other principals and community leaders take a similar stand.

Maybe other Principals haven't had to send out such a notice because it isn't as pervasive in the other HS as it is in Whitman? From what I understand, it was happening a lot there.

Yes, that Principal cares. Too bad the rich and powerful parents complained when she tried to hold those kids accountable when they broke the pledge to not drink during prom. Principal seems great; parents and the kids... not so much. Only so much a Principal can parent the kids.

That was BCC... Ya know, that other school that doesn't have helicopter parents with a lot of influence and money (that is, according to the sanctimommy with the perfect children who posted earlier).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

RMIB disagrees with you.

2017 NMSF:

Blair 41
RMIB 35

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

RMIB disagrees with you.

2017 NMSF:

Blair 41
RMIB 35

Blair 1.42% of students
RMIB 1.56% of students

The real question is how many of those are magnet students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

RMIB disagrees with you.

2017 NMSF:

Blair 41
RMIB 35

What was Blair's 2016 number? 2015? 2014?? LOL.

[Anonymous]

^ add magnet kids SAT score too.

[Anonymous]

Poolesville High.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Churchill - good students but not a pressure cooker; little drugs or partying on weekends; best sports; great location; best student body.

The weed problem is out of control at Churchill. Amazed at how many "good" kids are into that stuff at Churchill. Athletes, Brains, you name it. Just Sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Montgomery Blair.

Diversity
School spirit
Diverse courses and clubs
and....

The Magnet program..it is untouchable

I agree Blair is untouchable. Overall best college admission stats and the highest number of National Merits in the county.

RMIB disagrees with you.

2017 NMSF:

Blair 41
RMIB 35

What was Blair's 2016 number? 2015? 2014?? LOL.

Blair had the highest number in 2016, 2015 and 2014.